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Inhofe says climate change bill will be 'dead in the water' in Senate
Inhofe says climate change bill will be 'dead in the water' in Senate
Inhofe says climate change bill will be "dead in the water" in Senate By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Published: 6/30/2009 7:33 PM Last Modified: 7/1/2009 9:17 AM WASHINGTON — U.S. Jim Inhofe, who earlier said a criminal investigation “probably should be’’ conducted into allegations the EPA ...
Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into 'Suppressed' Climate Change Report - Political News
foxnews.com — A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming. The 98-page report, co-authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin, pushed back ... (more) Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into 'Suppressed' Climate ...
Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken’s a ‘clown.’
Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken’s a ‘clown.’
thinkprogress.org — On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “ clown .” In the course ... (more) Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken’s a ‘clown.’
Inhofe Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Why EPA ‘Suppressed’ A Global Warming Denier
Inhofe Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Why EPA ‘Suppressed’ A Global Warming Denier
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — This morning, Fox News Channel’s Gregg Jarrett introduced a “very big story” that the Environmental Protection Agency “intentionally buried a study challenging some of Uncle Sam’s global warming research.” Sen. ... (more) Inhofe Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Why EPA ...
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Senator Inhofe: "It Looks Like We're Going to Get the Clown From Minnesota"
Gateway Pundit — We can take this as a sort of consolation prize after the democrats just stole the Minnesota senate seat. Minnesota Senator Al Franken Senator Inhofe told reporters yesterday, "It looks like we are going to get the clown from Minnesota." The Tulsa World reported: Inhofe said the much-anticipated conclusion of a Senate race in Minnesota that will give Democrats the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters would not be enough to save the climate change bill. “I’ll tell you what a lot of people are ...

Inhofe: No More Than 35 Votes For Climate Bill
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The cap and trade bill that narrowly passed in the House last week won't get more than 35 votes in the Senate--despite the additional, presumed "yea" from Al Franken--according to Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and formerly it's chairman. Inhofe has long been the Senate's leading global warming skeptic, and, naturally, he's against this bill. It enjoys a broader coalition of lobbying support than one might expect, as companies such as Shell and Duke energy have backed it through a business climate-change coalition orchestrated by Environmental Defense. Here's a breakdown, done by National Journal's Ron ...

Inhofe On Franken: "We Are Going To Get The Clown"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... In an interview with Tulsa World, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe said confidently that a climate change bill wouldn't pass the Senate. ...

Inhofe Ridicules "The Clown From Minnesota"
TPM Election Central — ... "I'll tell you what a lot of people are thinking," Inhofe told the Tulsa World, discussing the decreasing likelihood of successful Republican filibusters, "and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota." ...

Jim Inhofe: Cap and Tax Is Dead, Despite Clown
Moonbattery — ... Here's what he has to say about the Tax and Charade suicide pact that the hard left got through the House — and about the obnoxious second-rate comedian who was allowed to ACORN his way into the Senate: ...

We know OK's loony Jim Inhofe will still be in the Senate come the 112th Congress, but how about PA's Arlen Specter and NY's Kirsten Gillibrand?
DownWithTyranny! — “I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. I don’t know the guy, but … for a living he is a clown.’ -- Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe by Ken (1) WHEN SEN. JIM INHOFE OPENS HIS MOUTH, STAND BACK! Under closer questioning, the Tulsa World's Jim Myers reports, Senator Inhofe acknowledged that he ...

Inhofe meets Franken, hugs him
News — Inhofe meets Franken, hugs him Last week, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) derided Al Franken as "the clown from Minnesota." This week, they're laughing and hugging like old pals. Inhofe, whose comments about Franken created quite a stir, ran into the new Senator at the Capitol on Monday. "It was a chance meeting but we immediately recognized each other because I have said a few things about him," Inhofe told the Tulsa World. Inhofe added that the two "physically embraced" and Franken introduced him to his wife, "who couldn't have been nicer." "We laughed about how opposites [attract]," Inhofe said. "I even said, 'I was sorry you won, but we are here together now.'" But ...

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Inhofe Refuses To Meet With Sotomayor
huffingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — Sen. Jim Inhofe, who said Thursday he would not be supporting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, has now announced he will not even meet with the judge before her impending nomination hearing. Via The Hill , Inhofe's spokesperson said that the ...
Inhofe alleges EPA buried evidence, calls for criminal investigation
briefingroom.thehill.com 6/29/2009 — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deliberately withheld facts from a report on global warming in order to bolster the Obama administration's climate change initiatives, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) alleged Monday. Inhofe said the EPA ...
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Let’s hope so Inhofe, however, stood by his prediction that a historic climate change bill narrowly approved by the House last week faces certain defeat in the Senate. “It’s dead in the water,’’ he said. Inhofe said the much-anticipated conclusion of a Senate race in Minnesota that ...
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Logic only Inhofe could lovePolitical Animal
LOGIC ONLY INHOFE COULD LOVE.... Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is still on his crusade over Alan Carlin, the global warming denier who works at the EPA as an economist, and whose "memo" about global warming was not taken seriously by...
The Day In Politics, 7/1The Atlantic Politics Channel
Today, we learned that South Carolina Democrats are calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to resign; so are a host of others ; and Sen. James Inhofe predicts no more than 35 Senate votes for the cap and trade bill. We also pondered what Al Franken will be like as a senator; some more thoughts on Obama, ...
(Sen.) Inhofe calls (Sen.) Franken "a clown"Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Politico[/b] Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla) -- who has been ridiculed for his denial of the global warming -- is calling Al Franken a "clown" -- but not in a disrespectful way. In a far-ranging interview with the Tulsa World, Inhofe said: “I didn't mean to be disrespectful. I don't ...
Inhofe: No disrespect, but Franken’s a ‘clown.’Think Progress
On the same day the Minnesota Supreme Court declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate election, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) welcomed his newest colleague to the Senate by referring to him as a “ clown .” In the course of predicting that the Waxman-Markey clean ...
Sen. Inhofe: EPA Should Be Investigated For "Cooking" Climate Change SciencePolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deliberately withheld facts from a report on global warming in order to bolster the Obama administration's climate change initiatives, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) alleged Monday.
Inhofe Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Why EPA ‘Suppressed’ A Global Warming DenierWonk Room
This morning, Fox News Channel’s Gregg Jarrett introduced a “very big story” that the Environmental Protection Agency “intentionally buried a study challenging some of Uncle Sam’s global warming research.” Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) claimed the report, written ...
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Not that it will make much of a difference to the end result, but Sam Brownback (R-KS) has joined with his fellow extremists Pat Roberts and James Inhofe, in opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. "Judge Sotomayor has indicated through past rulings and in her writings ...
Inhofe: I didn't wish to waste Sotomayor's timeNews
It would have been a waste for Judge Sonia Sotomayor to meet with Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), because, the Oklahoma lawmaker said Monday, he'd already decided how to vote on the nomination. Inhofe said that Sotomayor's views had not changed since he'd previously voted against her in 1998 so as to ...